Custom Global Keybindings in Gnome / Ubuntu

Simple custom keybindings in Gnome/Ubuntu
Gnome’s default keybinding app sucks (maybe Linus was right and Gnome treats its users like idiots? sucks for me I guess). Here is a way to bind anything you’d like to any key you’d like, globally. I found this useful because I naturally use WIN-E for an explorer or WIN-R for [...]

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How To Subdomain Localhost — Ubuntu / OSX

Using Gnome + Ubuntu (7.04 Feisty Fawn) + Apache 2
Step 1:
In gnome goto System -> Administration -> Network and click on the ‘Hosts’ tab
Step 2:
For your normal localhost (127.0.0.1) double-click or hit ‘properties’ to edit it. Add your list of subdomains under localhost.
*Ignore the text in this pic, I overlooked that you had to include [...]

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Ubuntu Error: Hal failed to initialize & udev address already in use – Solution

This is more for me in case it ever happens again. My system froze up while doing some stupid stuff (namely pressing keys I shouldn’t be pressing) so i force-rebooted it (aka: kicked the surge protector). When I re-booted I got the “Hal failed to initialize” message which is apparently pretty common and was supposed [...]

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Making Gedit Behave Like TextMate for Linux

Heres a quick tip on how you can make Gnomes gedit behave like TextMate. If you’ve read any of my other posts you would know that I’m hopelessly hooked on TextMate — to the point where I can’t develop in any other editor. Sad, I know. This is probably the first application I’ve bought in [...]

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